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Department for Education
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Total contracts
2,285
Known spend
£53bn
1896 disclosed
Average value
£28m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
TILBURY DOUGLAS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 2
MCLAREN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 3
Kings College London
4 winslatest 23 Sept 2026£18m
- 4
Bloom Procurement Services Ltd
4 winslatest 17 Jan 2026£171,768
- 5
WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 6
KIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
£22bn
- 7
MCAVOY MODULAR OFFSITE LIMITED
£15bn
- 8
King's College London
£4m
- 9
Mutual Ventures Ltd
3 winslatest 13 Jul 2026£4m
- 10
Mott MacDonald
3 winslatest 01 Oct 2026£4m
What they buy
By CPV categoryEducation & trainingCPV 80
874 contracts · £5bn
R&D servicesCPV 73
338 contracts · £119m
IT servicesCPV 72
288 contracts · £510m
Business servicesCPV 79
154 contracts · £399m
Health & social workCPV 85
150 contracts · £217m
SoftwareCPV 48
42 contracts · £63m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
28 contracts · £207m
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
23 contracts · £628m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- RM6297 Print and Digital Communications (con_31757)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Dec 2026).
Dec 2026
60% confident
- AI and Automation Apprenticeships - June 2026 Cambridge Spark (con_31809)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (9 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Feb 2027).
Feb 2027
60% confident
- L5 Operations Mgr Apprenticeships - IODA (con_31739)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (9 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council & City of York Council (con_31569)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract Buckinghamshire & East Sussex (con_31545)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract to London Boroughs of Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Southwark and Waltham Forest (con_31653)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract St Helens, Manchester & Wigan (con_31669)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
- SEND Adviser Contract: Trafford (con_31714)
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
60% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (2285)
Accreditation of a school centred initial teacher training (scitt) provision for mathematics and physics. please not that this a grant opportunity.
Funding Opportunity - Accreditation of a School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) provision for mathematics and physics. We are inviting bids for a grant to support a projec
The provision of legal support for the creation of sandwell children's services trust
Contract to appoint external legal services to support establishment of Sandwell Children's Services Trust.
The provision of due diligence support for the creation of sandwell children's services trust
Contract to appoint external due diligence services to support establishment of Sandwell Children's Services Trust.
Dferppu research 2
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Dferppu research 1
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Reformed national professional qualification - process and impact evaluation
See 'Attachments' for full description. Expressions of interest are sought for a process and impact evaluation of the reformed National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) overall,
Evaluation of the master's degree loan
Expressions of interest are sought for evaluation of the impact of the postgraduate master's degree loans. This is likely to involve a combination of secondary data analysis of exi
Student TEF choices: the usability of subject level classifications and teaching quality factors, to inform development of the teaching excellence framework
Expressions of interest are sought to undertake a two-part research project supporting the further development of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Expressions of Interest a
Independent technical education advisers
DfE is inviting applications to work as Independent Technical Education Advisers, on three areas of policy implementation. See 'Attachments' for a full description. Additional info
THE delivery FOR THE assessment AND accreditation system FOR child AND family social workers
See 'Attachments' for full description. The contract will seek contractor(s) to set up an operational system for the assessment and accreditation of child and family social workers
Care leaver covenant
***New on 3rd August - please note that the procurement documents will be available on the Redimo system from 1pm on 4th August 2018*** See 'Attachments' for a full description. Th
Strategic school improvement fund - evaluation
Expressions of interest are sought for a process, impact, and an economic evaluation of the Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) and the activities funded by it. See 'Attachmen
Independent technical education advisers
DfE is inviting applications to work as Independent Technical Education Advisers, on three areas of policy implementation. See 'Attachments' for a full description. Additional info
Practice supervisor development programme
See 'Attachments' for a Word version of the description and further information. This contract refers to the delivery of the Practice Supervisor Development Programme (PSDP), a lea
Children's services advisers in birmingham and sunderland
The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for supporting improvement in local authorities, through government intervention in response to failure or weakness in the provisi
Contract(s) for the provision of governance leadership development and/or clerking development across the 8 regional school commissioner (RSC) regions of england between 2017-18 and 2019-2020
The Department for Education (DfE) intends to procure contract(s) to deliver Governance Leadership Development and/or Clerking Development to the boards of state-funded institution
International teacher recruitment and associated services
See 'Attachments' for full description. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE), wish to commission a framework agre
Level 3 mathematics support programme
See 'Attachments' for a Word version of the advert. The purpose of the Level 3 Mathematics Support programme is to improve and increase participation and attainment in level 3 math
The childcare and early years survey of parents 2018, 2019 and 2010
Expressions of interest are sought for an annual statistical survey of parents in England with children aged 0-14. The survey will collect data about parents' use, views and experi
Governance leadership and clerking development
See 'Attachments' for full description and further information. This notice sets out our intention to procure contracts for the provision of Governance Leadership Development and C